Aileen Patterson

Aileen has 18 years' experience designing kitchens, having trained in interior design before specialising in kitchens.

She's worked on everything from small flat refurbishments to large open-plan family kitchens, and has a particular interest in awkward layouts — chimney breasts, sloped ceilings and odd-shaped extensions that need some creative thinking.

Aileen spends the first conversation with a customer listening more than talking, working out how a family actually uses their kitchen day to day before turning that into a layout that still works years later.